Governor announces another energy voucher program in his State of the State address

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Tuesday announced another voucher program for citizens to finance renewable energy systems during his State of the State address to the Puerto Rico Legislature.

“In fact, yesterday our Department of Housing opened the Energy Resilience Program portal where low-income people could apply for a voucher of up to $30,100 for a solar panel system with batteries, and it was a total success,” the governor said in his address on the floor of the island House of Representatives. “And today I am announcing that, with a $30 million investment of CDBG-MIT [Community Development Block Grant Disaster Mitigation program] funds, we are creating a new voucher program that will provide middle-class individuals and families with an incentive of up to 30 percent of the cost of a battery-powered solar system for their homes.”